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Wandrer heißt mich die Welt
A historical travel guide to Wagner's wanderings around Europe
www.conbrio.de
Curtain, Gong, Steam: Wagnerian Technologies of 19th Century Opera
By Gundula Kreuzer University of California Press - $55.98. An examination of the intertwined developments of opera as an art form and the technical machines that have brought it to life.
www.ucpress.edu
Songs by Derek Watson, former Chair of the WS Scotland
Four songs composed by Derek Watson, who died last year, are performed on YouTube
www.youtube.com
Les Voyageurs de l'Or du Rhin. La réception française de la création munichoise du Rheingold
New book by Luc-Henri Roger, foreword by Nicholas Crapanne (in French)
www.bod.fr
Birgit Nilsson: A League of Her Own DVD
Documentary film by Thomas Voigt and Wolfgang Wunderlich.
www.amazon.co.uk
Birgit Nilsson: The Great Live Recordings
39 CD set, with 39 full length operas, two Ring cycles and several concerts
www.amazon.co.uk
Jaap van Zweden conducts Die Walküre Act 1
You Tube film of Van Zweden conducting Act 1 of Die Walküre with the New York Philharmonic in NYC. Featuring Heidi Melton, Simon O'Neill and John Relyea
www.youtube.com
WS Latvia Tannhauser Flashmob
An inspiring short film of Latvians performing the Pilgrim's chorus in the streets of Riga to highlight their restoration of the opera house, with a cameo appearance by Eva Wagner Pasquier.
www.youtube.com
Le Musee Virtuel Richard Wagner (Richard Wagner Web Museum)
Le premier site 360° consacré à la vie et l\'oeuvre de Richard Wagner
www.richard-wagner-web-museum.com
Royal Opera House Insight Evening Die Meistersinger
You can watch this enlightening discussion with singers, Music Director Sir Antonio Pappano & Director Kasper Holten as they prepare for the new production of Die Meistersinger at ROH
www.youtube.com
Being Wagner: The Triumph of the Will by Simon Callow
Renowned British Wagnerite actor, fascinated by Wagner's bizarre psychology, has turned his research for the 2013 one man play into a book. Available on Amazon for £14.00
www.amazon.co.uk
Richard Wagner by Hans Gal
English translation of this seminal work by Gal, an Austrian who fled the Nazis ending up in Edinburgh, where he was one of the founders of the Festival. Available second hand from Amazon in English.
www.amazon.co.uk
Richard Wagner by Derek Watson
A vivid, witty and remarkably comprehensive biography from 1983 in English by the distinguished former Chairman of the Wagner Society of Scotland. Available from Amazon.
www.amazon.co.uk
Visions of Valhalla: a poetic tribute to Richard Wagner
Steele Roberts has recently published a book of 57 poems by John Davidson in an illustrated collection entitled Visions of Valhalla: A poetic tribute to Richard Wagner.
steeleroberts.co.nz
Wagner Society of New York - Interview with Waltraud Meier
Recorded May 5 2016, the You Tube link leads to the interview with Waltraud Meier conducted by Paul Driscoll for The Wagner Society of New York.
www.youtube.com
Roger Scruton - The Ring of Truth: The Wisdom of Wagner's Ring of the Nibelung
An exploration of the drama, music, symbolism and philosophy of the Ring
www.amazon.co.uk
Eckart Kröplin - Richard Wagner-Chronik
Die vorliegende Lebenschronik Richard Wagners, die erste seit Jahrzehnten, zeichnet Leben und Schaffen in seinem wechselvollen Gang.
www.amazon.de
I am Siegfried - A short film about Heldentenor Jess Thomas
A touching and revelatory short biographical film by the son of the great American Heldentenor Jess Thomas. The film is narrated by his son, also called Jess.
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A new CD of Wagner Transcriptions - Porazzi
Talented young Dutch pianist Camiel Boomsma, has just brought out a new CD of Wagner transcriptions. with extracts from several of the operas.

www.etcetera-records.com
Wagner Complete Operas
www.amazon.com
The Wagner Museum
www.wagnermuseum.de
The Royal Opera House
The UK's most famous opera house and one of the great opera houses in the world. Director of Opera is Kasper Holten and Music Director is Sir Antonio Pappano.
www.roh.org.uk
Guide to The Flying Dutchman - Ruprecht Frieling
From one of Germany's best known authors of guides to Wagner.
www.amazon.com
The Sorcerer of Bayreuth - Barry Millington
One of the best-known and most popular popular recent books on Wagner
www.amazon.com
The Wagner Experience & Its Meaning to Us - Paul Dawson Bowling
In this bicentenary celebration of Wagner and his music, Paul Dawson-Bowling introduces, deepens and enriches the Wagner Experience for the newcomer and the seasoned Wagnerian alike
www.amazon.com
Wagner and the Art of the Theatre - Patrick Carnegy
a comprehensive review of the evolution of ideas on how to stage Wagner operas
The author provides background on various 19th century traditions and deals extensively with Wagner's own attempts to create a new form of opera
www.amazon.com
Wagneropera.net
wide-ranging and informative website about Wagner
www.wagneropera.net
The Wagnerian
topical and wide-ranging about Wagner's performances and books about Wagner
www.the-wagnerian.com
U.S. Library of Congress Wagner collection
Collection of music sheets, available for download
www.loc.gov
English National Opera
The English National Opera (ENO) is an opera company based in London, resident at the London Coliseum in St. Martin's Lane
It is one of the two principal opera companies in London
www.eno.org
Welsh National Opera
Based in Cardiff at the Wales Millennium Centre, and also touring, WNO - Cenedlaethol Cymru - has a good reputation for its Wagner productions
Music Director is Lothar Koenigs and Chief Executive/Artistic Director is David Pountney.
www.wno.org.uk
Scottish Opera
Based in Glasgow, Scottish Opera is Scotland’s national opera company and the largest performing arts organisation in Scotland. The Music Director is Stuart Stratford



www.scottishopera.org.uk
Bayreuth Festival Theatre
German Opera House exclusively used for the famous "Wagner Festspiele" in Bayreuth
www.bayreuther-festspiele.de
Website Bayreuther Festspiele
www.bayreuther-festspiele.de
Opera Now - Monthly British opera magazine
Opera Now covers every aspect of the opera world, from historic events and fabulous divas of yesteryear to the latest trends and the rising stars of tomorrow
www.operanow.magazine.co.uk
Opera - British monthly opera magazine
OPERA has been the world's leading commentator on the lyric stage for over 65 years. It was founded in 1950 and since then has provided unrivalled coverage of events
www.opera.co.uk
The Wagner Journal - Leading English Language Wagner publication
The Wagner Journal is a periodical that seeks to examine Wagner and his works from a variety of perspectives – musicological, historical, literary, philosophical and political.
thewagnerjournal.co.uk
Opera News - journal from the USA
One of America's leading opera publications, published by the Metropolitan Opera Guild
www.operanews.com
The Opera Critic - online subscription site
theoperacritic.com is a subscription based website from New Zealand. Subscribers to the website enjoy exclusive and unparalleled coverage of current happenings in opera from around the world.
theoperacritic.com
Met Opera Live - opera in cinemas
Access to cinemas all over the world showing selected operas from the Metropolitan Opera in New York
www.metopera.org
Royal Opera House - cinema screenings
Access to listings of cinemas world wide screening selected operas and ballets from the Royal Opera House in London
www.roh.org.uk
Bavarian National Opera - Livestream
Online operas and ballets streamed live
www.staatsoper.de
Vienna State Opera - online
Live streaming from the Vienna State Opera
www.staatsoperlive.com
The Opera Platform
The Opera Platform is the online destination for the promotion and enjoyment of opera
www.theoperaplatform.eu